“It’s disappointing that we didn’t get to see (Young) in the pre-season game because that’s the easier time to evaluate him in a real game situation,” Roughriders head coach, general manager and vice-president of football operations Chris Jones said after Monday’s training-camp workout at the University of Saskatchewan.

“It’s unfortunate because it didn’t look like he was running really hard (when he injured the hamstring). Then when we had the MRI in Toronto the other day it was actually torn. It was a lot worse than we envisioned.”

Young was a standout with the University of Texas Longhorns before joining the NFL’s Tennessee Titans. He played in the 2006 and 2009 Pro Bowls.

He last played a regular-season game in 2011, as a member of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, and had retired from football in the spring of 2014 after being cut by the Cleveland Browns. He signed with the Riders in March.

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